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Desgajar is a Spanish verb which translates into English as “to rip or tear off, come apart or loose”.
Below are all of the conjugations for desgajar in Spanish, in all three moods (indicative/indicativo, subjunctive/subjunctivo and imperative/imperativo) and all of the tenses, for each pronoun.
The vosotros pronoun is mainly used in mainland Spain, and is the informal second-person plural – it could be considered the Spanish version of “y’all”. It is rarely found in Latin America, where ustedes is used instead.
The vos form is used instead of tú in some Spanish speaking countries of South America, especially the Southern Cone (e.g. Argentina and Uruguay) and has a different conjugation.
| English Infinitive | to rip or tear off, come apart or loose |
|---|---|
| Spanish Infinitive | desgajar |
The gerund (gerundio) is used with the continuous tenses, e.g. present continuous (está desgajando) and past continuous (estaba desgajando). The easiest way to think of it is the equivalent of english’s -ing form (e.g. tearing off).
The past participle (participio) is used with perfect tense ‘haber’ verbs, e.g. he desgajado and hubiera desgajado. These are the equivalent of English’s ‘have’ (e.g. have torn off).
| Gerundio / Gerund | desgajando |
|---|---|
| Participio / Past Participle | desgajado |
The basic form of speech, el indicativo is used for making statements, talking about facts, events and things that are certain and objective.
The present tense is as it sounds – it’s for talking about things that are currently going on, which are habitual, or which generally exist. In English, this would be “I tear off” or “they tear off”.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desgajo |
| Tú | desgajas |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgaja |
| Nosotros / as | desgajamos |
| Vosotros / as | desgajáis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgajan |
| Vos | desgajás |
Your simple past tense, e.g. “I tore off” or “she tore off” in English.
In Spanish, there are two past tenses where just one is used in English; the pretérite infefinido is typically used to refer to a concrete, specific moment in time.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desgajé | I tore off |
| Tú | desgajaste | You tore off |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgajó | He / she / you tore off |
| Nosotros / as | desgajamos | We tore off |
| Vosotros / as | desgajasteis | You tore off |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgajaron | They / you tore off |
| Vos | desgajaste | You tore off |
The pretérito imperfecto roughly translates as “I was tearing off” or “she was tearing off” in English, and is typically used to describe things and set a scene, talk about events without a specific timeframe, or talk about habitual events or states in the past.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desgajaba | I was tearing off |
| Tú | desgajabas | You were tearing off |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgajaba | He was / she was / you were tearing off |
| Nosotros / as | desgajábamos | We were tearing off |
| Vosotros / as | desgajabais | You were tearing off |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgajaban | They / you were tearing off |
| Vos | desgajabas | You were tearing off |
The perfect tense is for talking about things which happened in the past but are still related to the present or continue into the present.
In English, these use the auxiliary verbs ‘have’ and ‘has’ – i.e. “I have torn off” and “she has torn off”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | he desgajado | I have torn off |
| Tú | has desgajado | You have torn off |
| Él / Ella / Usted | ha desgajado | He has / she has / you have torn off |
| Nosotros / as | hemos desgajado | We have torn off |
| Vosotros / as | habéis desgajado | You have torn off |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | han desgajado | They / you have torn off |
| Vos | has desgajado | You have torn off |
The conditional is used in place of the English modal verb “would”, i.e. “I would tear off” or “she would tear off”. It can be used to talk about hypothetical situations.
| Pronoun | Spanish | Englush |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desgajaría | I would tear off |
| Tú | desgajarías | You would tear off |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgajaría | He / she / you would tear off |
| Nosotros / as | desgajaríamos | We would tear off |
| Vosotros / as | desgajaríais | You would tear off |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgajarían | They / you would tear off |
| Vos | desgajarías | You would tear off |
The future tense, simply put, replaces the English modal verb “will” – i.e. “I will tear off” or “they will tear off”.
It is more commonly used for making a hypothesis about the present. To talk about the future, Spanish speakers frequently use “ir + a + infinivo”, e.g. “van a desgajar” means “They are going to tear off”.
| Pronoun | Spanish | English |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desgajaré | I will tear off |
| Tú | desgajarás | You will tear off |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgajará | He / she / you will tear off |
| Nosotros / as | desgajaremos | We will tear off |
| Vosotros / as | desgajaréis | You will tear off |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgajarán | They / you will tear off |
| Vos | desgajarás | You will tear off |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desgaje |
| Tú | desgajes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgaje |
| Nosotros / as | desgajemos |
| Vosotros / as | desgajéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgajen |
| Vos | desgajes |
There are two ways to form the imperfect subjunctive.
The first option sees verbs ending in -era (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ara (for -ar verbs), while the second sees verbs ending in -ese (for -er and -ir verbs) and -ase (for -ar verbs).
There is no difference between these two forms, and Spanish speakers use them interchangeably.
| Pronoun | Spanish era/ara | Spanish ese/ase |
|---|---|---|
| Yo | desgajara | desgajase |
| Tú | desgajaras | desgajase |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgajara | desgajase |
| Nosotros / as | desgajáramos | desgajásemos |
| Vosotros / as | desgajarais | desgajaseis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgajaran | desgajasen |
| Vos | desgajaras | desgajase |
The future subjunctive is no longer used in modern-day Spanish, apart from in literary and legal contexts, and there is no need to learn it.
It is formed the same as the past/imperfect subjunctive, but with -e endings instead of -a endings.
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | desgajare |
| Tú | desgajares |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgajare |
| Nosotros / as | desgajáremos |
| Vosotros / as | desgajareis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgajaren |
| Vos | desgajares |
Used for forming positive and negative commands, e.g. “tear off!” and “don’t tear off!”.
| Pronoun | Spanish Affirmative | Spanish Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Tú | desgaja | no desgajes |
| Él / Ella / Usted | desgaje | no desgaje |
| Nosotros / as | desgajemos | no desgajemos |
| Vosotros / as | desgajad | no desgajéis |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | desgajen | no desgajen |
| Vos | desgajá | no desgajes |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | haya desgajado |
| Tú | hayas desgajado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | haya desgajado |
| Nosotros / as | hayamos desgajado |
| Vosotros / as | hayáis desgajado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hayan desgajado |
| Vos | hayas desgajado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiera desgajado / hubiese desgajado |
| Tú | hubieras desgajado / hubieses desgajado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiera desgajado / hubiese desgajado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéramos desgajado / hubiésemos desgajado |
| Vosotros / as | hubierais desgajado / hubieseis desgajado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieran desgajado / hubiesen desgajado |
| Vos | hubieras desgajado / hubieses desgajado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | hubiere desgajado |
| Tú | hubieres desgajado |
| Él / Ella / Usted | hubiere desgajado |
| Nosotros / as | hubiéremos desgajado |
| Vosotros / as | hubiereis desgajado |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | hubieren desgajado |
| Vos | hubieres desgajado |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | esté desgajando |
| Tú | estés desgajando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | esté desgajando |
| Nosotros / as | estemos desgajando |
| Vosotros / as | estéis desgajando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estén desgajando |
| Vos | estés desgajando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviera desgajando / estuviese desgajando |
| Tú | estuvieras desgajando / estuvieses desgajando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviera desgajando / estuviese desgajando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéramos desgajando / estuviésamos desgajando |
| Vosotros / as | estuvierais desgajando / estuvieseis desgajando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviera desgajando / estuviese desgajando |
| Vos | estuvieras desgajando / estuvieses desgajando |
| Pronoun | Spanish |
|---|---|
| Yo | estuviere desgajando |
| Tú | estuvieres desgajando |
| Él / Ella / Usted | estuviere desgajando |
| Nosotros / as | estuviéremos desgajando |
| Vosotros / as | estuviereis desgajando |
| Ellos / Ellas / Ustedes | estuviere desgajando |
| Vos | estuvieres desgajando |
Voseo is the practice of using ‘vos’ instead of ‘tú’ as the second-person singular pronoun, and is common throughout much of South America.
There are various versions of ‘voseo’ used throughout the Spanish-speaking world. The conjugations for the most common type – used throughout Argentina, parts of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguya and Uruguay are below.
The present indicative (presente de indicativo) and affirmative imperative (imperativo) have different conjugations from the tú form, while all other tenses generally use the tú form.
| Tense | Vos Conjugation |
|---|---|
| Present Indicative Presente de Indicativo | Vos desgajás |
| Simle Past / Preterite Preterite de Indicativo | Vos desgajaste |
| Imperfect Past Preterite Imperfecto de Indicativo | Vos desgajabas |
| Conditional Condicional | Vos desgajarías |
| Future Futuro de Indicativo | Vos desgajarás |
| Present Subjunctive Presente de Subjunctivo | Vos desgajes |
| Imperfect Subjunctive Imperfecto de Subjunctivo | Vos desgajaras / Vos desgajase |
| Affirmative Imperative Imperativo | Vos desgajá |
| Negative Imperative Imperativo Negativo | Vos no desgajes |